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HOSE AND'PIPE N'DZZLE.

Patented May 22,1877.

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STTEs PATENT Qrrron EDWIN R. TOMLINSON, OF BRIDGEPORT, GONN., ASSIGNORT0 HIMSELF AND THE EATON, COLE & BURNHAM COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

.IMPROVEMENT lN HOSE AND PIPE NOZZLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 191,199, dated May 22,1877; application filed April 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. ToMLINsoN,

of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Oonnectcut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hose and Pipe Nozzles, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to nozzles for hose and pipe to be used ingardens and elsewhere, in which provision is made by simply turning thecap or head of the nozzle for discharging the water, either in a compactstream through ajet-tube, or for discharging it in the form of a spraythrough a sprinkler.

The invention consists in a novel construction and combination ofcertain parts or devices pertaining to such a nozzle, whereby greatsimplicity is combined with perfect efficienoy.

Figure 1 represents a partly sectional longitudinal view of a hose orpipe nozzle constructed in accordance with the invention Fig. 2, anouter end or face view of the adjustable or turning cap, by which thedis charge is or may be changed from a solid or compact stream into aspray, or vice versa. Fig. 3 is an inner or under face view of said cap,and Fig. 4 an outer end or face View of the nozzle, with said capremoved.

A is the main body or pipe portion of the nozzle, made flaring at itsouter end, and constructed to receive within or on the outer face ofsaid end a disk-packing, B, of leather or other suitable flexiblematerial. This disk is restrained from turning by means of an eccentricor lateral projection, b, on the closed outer end or face of the flaringportion of the main body A of the nozzle, made to enter said disk B,which latter has an eccentricallyarranged aperture, 0, through it,corresponding with a similarlyarranged aperture, 0, in the outer end orface of the flaring portion of the main body A of the nozzle.

D is a rotating or turning cap, constructed to receive within it acupped or annular outer end, d, of the flaring portion of the main bodyA, and. a flange,f, of the disk B. This turning cap D is provided on oneside of its center with a jet-tube, E, for discharging the water in asolid or compact stream, and on another or opposite side of its centerwith a spraying device, F, both of whichthat is, the jet-tube E andspraying device F are at equal distances, or thereabout, from the axialcenter of the turning cap D, so that either said jet-tube E or sprayingdevice F may be brought over the aperture 0 c in the outer end of themain body A and disk B of the nozzle. Said cap I) is held down to itsplace on the disk B and outer flaring end of the main body A of thenozzle, with facility for turning said cap to bring either its jet-tubeE or spraying device F over or in line with the apertures c c, or out ofline therewith, to shut ofl' discharge by means of a central screw, 9,which forms the axis of rotation of the cap, and provides for tighteningup the cap to form a closejoint on the disk B.

This construction is at once cheap, simple, durable, and convenient, andprovides in a very efficient manner either for discharge of the water ina solid stream or for its distribution in a spray, as desired. Either aheavy spray or a very fine one may be obtained by but slightly turningthe cap D, when the spraying device F is over the aperture 0.

I claim The combination, with the pipe portion A, having a flaring outerclosed end and the aperture 0, of the flexible flanged disk B, havingthe eccentric aperture a, lateral projection b, for preventing the diskturning, and the turning flanged disk D, secured to the flaring end ofthe pipe by set-screw g, and provided with jet-tube E and sprayingdevice F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

E. R. TOMLINSON. Witnesses:

HERMAN GAUSS, RUDOLPH Koscr.

